The barn is built into grade to accommodate paddocks that stretch out down the slope behind it. Photo: VSI Aerial
At Blue Sky Hill, a five-acre family farm in Vienna, a circa-1800s log cabin sat incongruously beside a 1980s abode—until an extensive, whole-property redo preserved the vintage building, updated the residence and connected the two structures. Horn & Company was tasked with incorporating a host of additional site elements: barn, greenhouse, garden pavilion, cutting and vegetable gardens, chicken coop, pool terrace, sport court, dining terrace and paddocks for horses, sheep, goats and alpacas.
“The landscape feels interconnected and grounded in its pastoral setting,” notes landscape architect Jennifer Horn. Salvaged items found on site—including millstones and an antique water trough—are accented by plantings ranging from drifts of pollinators to a crab apple allée.
Landscape Architecture: Jennifer Horn, ASLA; Angela Koloszar, Horn & Company. Architecture: BarnesVanze Architects. Builder: Carrmichael Construction. Landscape Contractor: Planted Earth Landscaping.